Well, I couldn’t resist. Since the EU domains are now on offer, I decided to let Godaddy order ridderbusch.eu for me. I’ll see if I’ll really get it, but since it is available I don’t see any reason to not get it.

The Sennheiser HD 201 got a pretty rave review at the The Register. Not too long ago I bought the Sennheiser HD 457 in particular for listening to music in the company. This headphone is very comfortable to wear, but produces way to much bass.

Since the HD 201 is on offer for about 20 Euro in the local Media Markt, I decided to give the HD 201 a try and I concur with The Register. The sound of the HD 201 is really excellent. Much more balanced than the HD 457. However it is a notch less comfortable than HD 457 since the cushion around the ear of the 457 is clad with a kind of textile fabric while the the HD 201 uses a kind of smooth plastic with the tendency to let you sweat earlier. Sound wise the 201 is definitely better, although it is cheaper by a third compared to the 457.

In the past couple of days I’ve been trying to update my personal data at ICQ, without real success. I’ve been trying this through the Web interface and through the Windows ICQ5 client. The effect is essentially the same.

When I look at my data through the Web interface, the most peculiar data is displayed. I’ve been to update my birthday to January, 1961. However, what I’m seeing is December, 31st 1969. Sometimes my age is correctly displayed as 45, then again as 36.

Then I’ve been trying to update my avatar to something else. Again, the same unpredictable result. With each browser reload, I’m seeing something different. This is all very annoying.

Somehow I think, this fits with the uglified user interface of the Windows client due to much advertisement. I’m getting a much more solid feeling from Google Talk.